Some 'If I were on twitter, these would be tweets' thoughts

[lovingboth]

World Cup: maybe I should have bet on the Netherlands winning the World Cup before this afternoon's game :) It's probably not worth it now - their odds are going to have halved...

Come back analog TV: the picture on this hotel Freeview TV for today's other quarter final has loads of mpeg artefacts. Do other people notice these?

Tennis: you could tell who'd won a grand slam tournament already and who hadn't.

Opera: the ENO season is finishing soon, so there are only a couple of chances to see each of these. Their production of Pearl Fishers (the Bizet opera that isn't Carmen) is very good: beautiful and delightfully sung. I particularly liked the end, where the cost of the big decision is shown. Similarly, the Tosca is well worth seeing even if I miss the heroine falling from above the top of the stage from their previous production. I'm seeing the rarely performed Mozart's last performance, but apparently that's good too.

Comments

[vampwillow]

The hotel I was in last week (in Bournemouth) didn't even *have* freeview, or channel five for that matter. And the remaining four channels weren't always watchable wither.

[rhialto]

I hate football, I was hoping my misery would end, but it will go on for longer now. Aargh! But now I'm kind of hoping they will reach the final, and then lose from Germany. That would be the worst possible blow for Dutch football fans.

[lovingboth]

I am not obsessed - the World Cup and European Championships make up a large majority of the games I see every four years.

1974 all over again... that's cruel :)

[webcowgirl.livejournal.com]

I held off seeing the Pearl Fishers - you think it's worth it? The reviews were kind of negative.

[lovingboth]

Yes.